Fur Life Vet Epsom - Bendigo
Fur Life Vet Epsom is a premier veterinary clinic located in Epsom, Bendigo. As part of Apiam Animal Health, our mission is to provide gold standard veterinary care and surgery to regional Australia. We take pride in being the first in the area to have an on-site CT scanner, enabling advanced diagnostics that were previously only available in major city centers.
We offer a comprehensive service that ranges from routine wellness and preventative care to complex surgical procedures. Our team of highly skilled veterinarians is ready to care for your pets at every stage of their lives, ensuring they receive the best possible care.
Additionally, we feature an exclusive Pet Wellness Plan which includes vaccinations, health screenings, and more, accessible at over 70 participating clinics across Australia. With us, your pet will always be in good hands, whether in our clinic or via our mobile vet van, bringing care right to your doorstep.
Opening hours
- sunday: (closed)
- monday: 8h-18h
- tuesday: 8h-18h
- wednesday: 8h-18h
- thursday: 8h-18h
- friday: 8h-18h
- saturday: (closed)
Our comment from InfoVet about Fur Life Vet Epsom - Bendigo:
Comprehensive Care and Advanced Diagnostics
Fur Life Vet Epsom - Bendigo is a purpose-built veterinary hospital located next to Petstock on the Midland Highway, dedicated to providing advanced medical and surgical excellence for dogs and cats. The clinic is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including an on-site CT scanner, which allows for precise diagnostic imaging without the need to travel to Melbourne. Their comprehensive services range from routine wellness checks, vaccinations, and preventive care to complex orthopaedic surgeries and intensive care. A standout feature of their dental services is the capability for tooth restorations, enabling them to save damaged teeth rather than simply extracting them, ensuring pets maintain a functional and pain-free smile.
Compassionate and Patient-Centred Approach
What truly sets this practice apart is the genuine affection and patience the team shows towards animals, particularly those that are anxious or fearful. Owners frequently highlight how the staff takes the time to make pets feel relaxed, using treats and gentle techniques to reduce stress during examinations and vaccinations. This compassionate approach extends to emergency situations and end-of-life care, where the team is praised for their sensitivity, allowing owners to stay with their pets during difficult moments and providing thoughtful gestures such as sympathy cards. The staff’s ability to explain complex medical issues in clear, understandable terms helps owners feel confident and supported in their pet's care.
Convenient Services and Community Trust
Understanding the busy lives of pet owners, Fur Life Vet Epsom offers a Mobile Vet Van service that brings vaccinations, health checks, and arthritis management directly to clients' homes. The clinic also participates in the "Best Mates" prevention plan, which subsidizes common treatments and consultations across participating Apiam clinics nationwide. With a high rating of 4.5 stars from hundreds of reviews, the clinic is widely recommended for its professional staff, efficient consultations, and the strong bond they build with both pets and their owners over years of care.
Services
Fur Life Vet Epsom - Bendigo: Reviews
Fantastic experience: Khai’s first time at the Vet. They were super friendly, made Khai feel relaxed and calm and they did not rush him, he got all the treats. They did his health check on his level which is amazing! Super happy and would recommend them to everyone!
Negative experience: UPDATE: Mandy is no longer here and I wouldn't take an animal I hate here nonethelessa loved pet. After Mandy left, someone else saw my dog, long story short, pretty sure they didn'tclean his catheter properly, he got a huge infection and had to be put to sleep not long after. I blame them for his early death After an initial issue with a lack of ultrasound notes on their system. Mandy (Vet) has done everything in her power to care for my dog and give him the best vet care possible. He's been diagnosed with cancer and unfortunately it's inoperable. Mandy is very caring and loving towards my dog and my boy seems to love and trust her. The nurses are also very caring and love animals.
Negative experience: Not interested in speaking to a regular customer who has spent 1000’s of $ at both eaglehawk and Epsom about an issue that arose I’d never heard of. It’s you pay and we will give you information. Wanted more information prior to paying so I didn’t need to pay twice. Not impressed.
Fantastic experience: Thank you for looking after my little Shae, she is back to good health after a long haul with her foot would recommend
Fantastic experience: Huge shout out to the whole team at Fur Life Vet, Epsom. They've been our regular vet since bringing our dogs into our family and I don't have a single bad thing to say. Every experience we've had has been positive, even in emergency situations. I recently had to rush my dog there for emergency surgery after a friendly nip from our other dog caused a significant laceration to his ear. At all times the team remained calm and under control. They took amazing care of Billy and made sure I was also ok. Both of our dogs have anxiety around strangers but they both love going to Fur Life Epsom and they love the whole team there. I recommend them to everyone. Thank you so much for everything you do! <3
Fantastic experience: Absolutely amazing! Ive never had a regular vet and have always just gone to whoever was the closest at the time, I have now found a regular vet and we won't be going anywhere else from now on. Thank you ladies for getting Oj in and seen so quickly and going above and beyond for us ❤️
Fantastic experience: Getting my dog vaccinated at our local Heathcote produce store is awesome, thanks to Fur Life's mobile service! We have to travel now that our local vet closed, but Fur Life brings their great service to Heathcote weekly.
Fantastic experience: We've been taking Koda (Greyhound) to Fur Life Vet Epsom for 3 years now and I wouldn't take my pets anywhere else. We've had multiple emergencies and mishaps with our clumsy Greyhound and they have always given us exceptional service. we recently adopted a senior dog, Muffin, with health issues and the assistance and advice they've given has been amazing. Very friendly staff who truly care about the animals. cannot fault them
Negative experience: If I could give ZERO (0) stars I would. Honestly, I would not even give this clinic 1 star after the mortifying experience I had today with the site Manager I have been a loyal regular client of this clinic for over 4 years now and have paid over $20,000 in vet bills and fees. Upon checking emails today I noticed I had received one from Fur Life stating that I’m no longer welcome back at Eaglehawk OR Epsom Clinic due to alleged information which I tried to get to the bottom of only to be met with poor customer service and a terminated phone call. I have always spoke highly of and recommend this Veterinary Clinic to everybody I know. To say I’m disgusted in the treatment I have received is an understatement.
Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, efficient consultations, a wide range of services and adjacent to pet stock for a post vet pick-me-up. The ‘best mates’ program subsidises many common treatments too, I’d recommend joining. Fur life Epsom is a great regular vet.
Fantastic experience: Thanks guys
Fantastic experience: 2nd visit and again always lovely.
Fantastic experience: I was amazed with the service I received here. They are fantastic compassionate people. And the follow up was much appreciated. I would highly recommend this Vet practice.
Fantastic experience: They do good work there!
Fantastic experience: Such an amazing Veterinary service. I was so worried about my boy, and the team at Furlife are just so caring and professional. I highly recommend Furlife if you want a dedicated and caring team that will provide the best service for your fur babies.
Positive experience: Friendly staff
Fantastic experience: Absolutely lovely little vet! Took my girl here to get her nails trimmed and all the staff were so lovely and welcoming. My cat was not stressed in the slightest. Will be my regular vets.
Fantastic experience: Super friendly and professional.
Fantastic experience: Fantastic staff who are compassionate.
Fantastic experience: Wonderful environment and very caring and competent people
Fantastic experience: I was greeted like a friend and it was a really nice experience
Fantastic experience: Wonderful caring staff ❤️
Fantastic experience: Lovely first experience at the vets. All the staff were so friendly and caring!
Fantastic experience: A MASSIVE Thank you to Dr Scott and the team at Fur Life Epsom for their exceptional care to our elderly Pug. Thank you for everything. I can’t thank you enough for saving her life and for going above and beyond with the care, advice and time given to her, and us. A truly dedicated Vet, very thorough. Also Thank you to the nurses who helped aid in her surgery and Kirsty for the time spent with us to help explain the treatment procedures, and a special Thanks to Catelyn for her comforting words and making me laugh when I truly needed it, and for checking up on us all. Such great professional care, above and beyond. Whether it be at Epsom or Eaglehawk road, I know my dog is in safe hands, we are blessed with such great Vets through Fur Life, Thank you
Fantastic experience: Always great service
Fantastic experience: Great clinic to take your animals to, caring all the way from start to finish. I highly recommend this vet clinic to look after all your fur babies. Professional service from reception, nurses & the Vets. Well done - you're a great team, kind & knowledgeable, wanting the best outcomes for our pets.
Fantastic experience: Highly recommend
Fantastic experience: Had an emergency visit with our puppy. Everyone was friendly and helpful in a stressful moment.
Fantastic experience: They were fantastic, caring and compassionate.
Fantastic experience: Got the best service
Fantastic experience: Always good here; all the vet clinicians I've had over the years have been caring and thorough, reception staff great too, always get a timely appointment, and never have to wait too long. Can highly recommend Fur Life Epsom after 5 years going here.
Fantastic experience: I felt very relaxed and even better I felt safe leaving my best friend Daphne in the care of the amazing staff. I was given updates throughout the day, and a thorough explanation of after care. Thankyou for looking after my gorgeous girl.
Negative experience: Just got off the phone to this vet clinic and got spoken to so poorly I had to hang up. I was not a previous patient of this clinic but would heavily reconsider going here if they treat your pets the way they treat the people that ring them.
Negative experience: Honestly not a good vet over priced if you don't join their program thing, also told me my kitten had conjunctivitis when in fact the kitten had a cat flu, the kitten passed away as no treatment was given
Fantastic experience: Amazing group of people who have been so helpful when we have needed them!
Fantastic experience: Good emergency Vets, open late.
Fantastic experience: I am always very impressed with the level of care my pets receive at Fur Life Epsom, they go above and beyond every time. Thank you
Fantastic experience: Friendly knowlegable Staff who are willing to assist in care for pets. With oustanding service.
Positive experience: Very good communications and services
Fantastic experience: Kind and compassionate vets
Fantastic experience: Our elderly dog had an emergency illness and Scott? (I think) was just amazing, incredibly kind and knowledgeable
Fantastic experience: Kind, professional and compassionate. Well deserved 5 stars.
Fantastic experience: The staff and vets are all extremely friendly and professional, we are always able to be seen very quickly.. would highly recommend this practise..
Fantastic experience: Couldn't be happier with Gemma and the team at Fur Life Epsom. Talk the utmost care with our lab Izzy bee and couldn't speak highly enough of the care and professionalism received on the day made a very very sick dog a happy one again thank you so so much guys you are amazing.... 1️⃣
Fantastic experience: I can’t thank Nikita enough at furlife vet in epsom today. She was absolutely amazing to our little girl. She went over and beyond to check our doggy and would explain things to us in a non vet way and was amazed at all the knowledge she rattled off. Will be going back to her. And the lovely and friendly receptionist
Fantastic experience: Fantastic vet. Would recommend. Best Mates program is good for peace of mind and value for money.
Fantastic experience: Wonderful caring Staff .
Fantastic experience: My dog is absolutely terrified of the vet. We recently took him to Fur Life Epsom and they were so amazing with him. The vets all spoke to him in fun voices that made him happy and he got lots of pats. He didn’t even notice the needle for his vaccination because the vet fed him treats. You can tell they really love animals there. I’m relieved that my boy feels comfortable with them.
Fantastic experience: I had to put my cat down after an emergency visit. The team was so compassionite and let me stay with her till the very end.
Fantastic experience: By far the best and most caring veterinary clinic in the Bendigo region
Fantastic experience: Great
Positive experience: Always lovely service. Staff know their business
Fantastic experience: Friendly staff and professional service. They took great care of my dog when she had some teeth removed.
Positive experience: Took my dog for his annual vaccination last week, booked online a few weeks prior which was super easy & convenient. Waiting room was quiet, staff were great, doggo had his annual check up & jab & we were on our way. Cost seemed reasonable. Good location, parking was meh at 10am on a Thursday but its usually pretty good so mightve just been bad timing!
Positive experience: Lovely people but just too expensive
Fantastic experience: When i first arrived at Fur Life Vet my dog was anxious (new place and new people). Now, finally, my dog is used to the people from the receptionist to the vet. They are all down to earth and always try to calm me down when i have to take my dog there. For that along with their service, they deserve the 5 stars :)
Positive experience: Great experience very understanding
Fantastic experience: Caring genuine empathy helpful with decisions just lovely
Fantastic experience: Fantastic lass that served me very helpful
Fantastic experience: Wonderful people. Had the best experience for our visit with our dog.
Fantastic experience: Showed great care and patience with a hyperactive dog. Charmaine and vet nurses were great.
Fantastic experience: Very friendly and professional services.. thanks for taking time to get to know nervous pups and not rush them...
Positive experience: Good customer service was provided. Recommended for pet lovers!
Fantastic experience: I won't take my fur babies anywhere else!
Fantastic experience: Very helpful
Fantastic experience: Clean store, great range, friendly staff
Fantastic experience: Took good care Provided after hours service
Fantastic experience: Always kind and considerate with my pets best interests.
Positive experience: The care side was good and professional which i do appreciate but ridiculously expensive after speaking to other local vets who could have done same procedure for significantly less.
Fantastic experience: They looked after our dog Buddha he was 15 and a half and it was time for him to go to heaven then they looked after our second dog Meme because it was time for her to go to heaven as well ....Thank you for the kindness that you showed us... the Steward family
Fantastic experience: Excellent service, caring staff and fantastic prices
Positive experience: Shop here when i need to look afer my pets
Negative experience: Way too expensive. $85 to tell me my dog had a few fleas and sent me next door to Pet stock for medication. Prior to that I had told the receptionist Katlyn that I was no longer at the old address as it had burned down. She said she would remove it and put new address. When she handed me the bill it was still reading the old address. Not very professional at all. I have decided I will go back to my old vet.
Fantastic experience: Lovely staff member. Helped me out greatly with food suggestions for my fussy dog.
Fantastic experience: Great staff, very commited
Fantastic experience: Helpful and courteous staff, easy to get to.
Fantastic experience: Great vets and helpful staff
Fantastic experience: Lovely ladies. Great service!
Fantastic experience: After moving into the new area a year ago we have been extremely happy with the service and the quality of care provided to us by all the veterinary staff
Fantastic experience: These guys are really compassionate and prices are alright. Weve needed them a few times and always left grateful
Fantastic experience: Super friendly staff and best of all our puppy loved it there, he will be happy to come back for his next visit and see the staff, and the treats they gave him made him feel happy and relaxed. The vet was very thorough in her examination of him as well. It was a pleasure to visit the practice as it was obvious every one of the staff there have a genuine love of animals
Negative experience: They aren't very professional when it comes to there clients, I will be taking my business as where.
Negative experience: I'd give zero if i could. The amount of stuff ups this place does with payments and different vets and stuffing around customers is ridiculous. No communication between vets, nurses and especially admin staff. To think that we have been told that even in an emergency, they will not see our animals. How horrible.
Fantastic experience: Your availability to undertake the procedure was excellent and significantly better than other Vets contacted. The only down side was that your price was on the high side but not enough to offset of performing the procedure effectively with same day service.
Fantastic experience: Great Vets that really care about your animals
Fantastic experience: Excellent helpful staff. Vets explain every detail about your pet so you can understand
Negative experience: Driving frantically with my 13 year old dog who has a Heart Murmur at 4.30 last Friday afternoon when she had collapsed on my floor,( crying) I called ahead to say we were 5 minutes away only to be told they were booked out and they closed in half an hour. Told to take her somewhere that has 24 hour service. Thank you McIvor Rd vets for saving her life. Won't be back there anytime soon
Fantastic experience: Staff are always friendly.
Fantastic experience: Great friendly service in difficult times, many thanks.
Positive experience: Very good.
Fantastic experience: Doc Kellie Anset & her beautiful care team are so amazing. Their dedicated compassion & totally professional attitudes, diagnosis & advice were so valuable to my daughter & I regarding our 17 year old Maltese × Shitzu dog. He has been a loyal, fun, terrific friend to us for his whole life. Seeing him in pain & discomfort was breaking our hearts. It is a really tough decision to make when his age & health issues meant any operation to relieve him would probably take his last breath regardless of op outcome. I cudn't allow him to be in pain. But Doc Kellie was just awesome, so honest & considerate with our old mates well-being so well explained. With full examination, diagnosis & recommended treatments & medications being out of my financial resources, she then offered us VetPay. This service checks your credit rating & gives you a maximum financial loan with-in about 10 minutes. This allowed me to choose a fortnightly payment arrangement that fitted into my budget. Most importantly it gave us the wonderful chance to be able to take our doggie home with medications to relieve some of his illness & provide pain management for him to be comfortable & much better immediately. Tho some were eliminated after week/ 10 days, he now can see out his last months/year with us & not be in pain or deteriorating. After 3 visits in past couple of months & on-going meds he is happy & enjoying life again. I cant thank Kellie & her team enough, truly beautiful people, in careers they excel at. So if your animal family member requires help, this is the Vet Practice to choose. From our hearts to yours, thankyou so so much. Nyree, K-J, & my grandson of 4, Lincoln, & especially our sweet ole 'Oscar'dog. THANKYOU
Fantastic experience: Great vets incredibly helpful great with pets
Fantastic experience: Great team who treat both our dogs with love and treats! Well priced and if something unexpected happens to your pet they go out of their way to treat them, even if you haven't made an appointment or its an emergency.. we've experience both... love love LOVE
Positive experience: Ok
Negative experience: Would be nice if the veterinarian had more interpersonal skills and compassion the phone staff had more of these skillsets. I personally don't recommend this place if you are in tune with your pet and their health as you may be regarded as a brainwashed hippy instead of an informed pet owner very dissapointed...
Fantastic experience: Excellent service
Positive experience: I had mixed feelings using another vet than my local one in castlemaine but Fur Life Epsom had the technology required for my dog's needs.. I felt very reassured and found the staff to be compassionate and was given clear advice for follow up care. Also not as costly as expected
Negative experience: Staff are rude and Very unprofessional, communication absolutely awful- if I could give a rating below 1 I would. The business needs to look at the staff they are employing and re-evaluate whether or not they want customers to bring their animals to them. I was made feel awful and that my Dag was not a priority like all the others that were there that day. I would not recommend taking your animals here.
Fantastic experience: Have used service twice now. They have run on time both times and the service was fabulous friendly and informative
Fantastic experience: Excellent service and quality staff. Can't give them enough credit for saving my pets life.
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